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President Juan Manuel Santos inaugurated today at Archipelago of San Andres a general assembly of governors from the country's 32 departments, who demand agreements to boost development and peace in border areas.
Participants demands that those areas stop being just a transitory bridge and become biodiversity centers and focus of trade leading to development and economic growth.
At least seven million Colombians, or 16 percent of the country's population, live in border areas.
"We need measures that make up for living far. The distance between production centers and decision centers make us pay more for consumables, public services and transport," said Governor of Narino and President of the Federation of Governors, Raul Delgado.
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EIC GHG Stories – Climate news recap: Reinforcing the Global Green Commitment
You're probably aware that in early October we initiated a monthly journey with a news recap series that summed up the state of things regarding climate-related headlines. As part of the European Innovation Council (EIC), we're continuing this GHG joint initiative with a December round that brings you the latest and trendiest pieces of information on what's being done about climate change and its imperatives.
Climate change impacts different sectors of society and having a good perspective on what's happening in our world is always important. With the ongoing mission of inspiring entrepreneurial innovators to help transform how environmental matters are addressed, the EIC GHG programme is offering a monthly news recap initiative to give others an in-depth view on matters related to the climate. This time around, we've put together an immersive series recap of news articles that dwell on topics related to climate policy, climate science, and corporate climate.
COP26: EU helps deliver outcome to keep the Paris Agreement targets alive
With the ending of the COP26 UN Climate Conference came the consensus reached by over 190 countries to keep the Paris Agreement targets alive. Given the world's ambitious 1.5°C global warming limit, parties involved agreed to accelerate efforts towards phasing-down coal power and fossil fuel subsidies. They also made sure their climate commitments will be revisited to put countries back on track for the 1.5°C of warming, maintaining the upper end of ambition under the Paris Agreement.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: "We've made progress on the three objectives we set at the start of COP26: [1st] to get commitments to cut emissions to keep within reach the global warming limit of 1.5 degrees. [2nd] to reach the target of 100 billion dollars per year of climate finance to developing and vulnerable countries. And [3rd], to get agreement on the Paris rulebook. [There] will be no time to relax there is still hard work ahead".
Greece to curb coal use by 2028 as part of climate law
Speaking of which, Greece is to introduce its first climate law that's related to pledging to cut its reliance on coal within six years as part of reaching a carbon net-zero economy by 2050. The move comes after the country suffered devastating wildfires during 2021 when summer heat soared, and global warming was partly at fault for it.
Given Greece is one of the EU countries that relies most on coal-derived energy, and has made slow progress in cutting its emissions, this will entail an intermediate target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. Kostas Skrekas (Greece's Environment and Energy Minister) said: "The national climate law is of historic importance, in order to deal with the climate crisis and achieve climate neutrality by 2050".
How cities are going carbon neutral
On that same note, by the middle of the century, 68% of earth's inhabitants will live in urban areas. Given cities are already responsible for 60% of all greenhouse gas emissions, what can major urban areas do to contribute to the net-zero target by the middle of the century?
The response was provided by 25 mega-cities that have now pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. From Rio de Janeiro and New York to London and Paris, if the world is keen on meeting its ambitious global temperature limit of 1.5 degrees, other cities will need to do the same.
The already pledged cities are targeting sensitive areas. To mention a few, reducing the emissions from transport, as well as other types of pollution from vehicles, by introducing Ultra-Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) is something London is doing. Paris is creating 650km of new cycleways to encourage people to discard cars altogether. While Rio de Janeiro is investing heavily in green infrastructures to lower the reliance on air conditioning, and its Museum of Tomorrow is now using nearby water from Guanabara Bay to decrease the indoor temperature.
After COP26, world is still on track for drastic global warming
Moving on to another related topic, the COP26 UN Climate Conference saw updated and new pledges from countries all around the world to tackle climate change. As additional goals to reduce deforestation and phase out fossil fuels were made, Frans Timmermans (EU Climate Chief) highlighted the progress made since the Paris Agreement of several countries coming forward with the will to reduce emissions and reach climate neutrality.
He stated: "We went into the COP on track for 2.7°C – way too much, but a lot less than the 3°C or 4°C we were headed for in Paris. And after COP for the very first time, we have a shot at staying below 2°C now". However, there's still a long way to go, and as he continued "[the climate crisis requires] constant effort and unrelenting pressure on all governments, especially the major emitters".
Carrefour aims for climate neutrality by 2040
To be in line with the green trend, Carrefour is sharpening its ambitions and is reducing its CO2 emissions to be climate neutral by 2040. In 2020, the French supermarket chain already set itself new climate targets to limit global warming to less than 2°C by 2100. Their plan included a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 and a 55% reduction by 2040.
As a way of tightening up its climate ambitions yet again, the company wishes to reduce the CO2 emissions of its operations at source as much as possible by using 100% renewable energy by 2030 and reducing its emissions from the use of refrigerants by 80% by 2040 – for example.
Financial institutions managing $130TRN in assets sign up to science-based net-zero standard
Lastly, financial institutions are also doing their part and have signed up to a plan of reaching a state of net-zero by 2050. How will they do this? By using a science-based targets standard developed by the eponymous Science Based Target initiative (SBTi).
This complies financial institutions to use their ability and influence to finance effective climate transition activities in the real economy. The SBTi highlighted that: "Financial institutions have started to focus on net-zero as the guiding principle for their climate mitigation ambition". Even though the SBTi is aware that the financial sector didn't exactly "exercise direct control over any major sources of [greenhouse gas] emissions reductions", it did have an "unique influence over other actors in that [it] provides capital and services to companies with responsibility for reducing their GHG emissions".
Therefore, to be relevant, actionable, and robust, this process will encompass financial institutions, NGOs, government officials, along with other stakeholders. This will "generate actionable criteria, detailed guidance, and technical resources to support financial institutions with the formulation and implementation of science-based net-zero targets", stated the SBTi.
As a way of actively harnessing critical information that goes in line with the 'green global trend' we're facing to preserve modern society for future generations, these are just a few of the articles that made the headlines.
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Q: QWebEngineView crashes when accessing specific websites I have a very weird bug with QWebEngineView. Below is some code which creates a QWebEngineView.
import sys

from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QFileInfo, QUrl
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets import QWebEngineView, QWebEngineSettings, QWebEngineProfile, QWebEnginePage

class Widget(QWidget):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        webview = QWebEngineView(self)
        webview.settings().setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings.PluginsEnabled, True)
        profile = QWebEngineProfile("my_profile", webview)
        webpage = QWebEnginePage(profile, webview)
        webview.setUrl(QUrl("https://www.youtube.com"))
        #self.webview.setPage(self.webpage)
        webview.setGeometry(0, 0, 800, 480)
        webview.show()

        self.show()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    w = Widget()
    app.exec_()

My issue is that when I run the code as it is (with the self.webview.setPage(self.webpage) line commented out) I am able to open PDF files, however opening YouTube crashes the program. However if I uncomment the line and run it, I can't open PDF files (although it doesn't crash the program it just doesn't open the PDF file), but I can then open YouTube with no issue.

A: You have to set the QWebEngineProfile and QWebEnginePage first and then enable the plugins:
import sys

from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
from PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets import (
    QWebEnginePage,
    QWebEngineProfile,
    QWebEngineSettings,
    QWebEngineView,
)

class Widget(QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)

        profile = QWebEngineProfile("my_profile", self)
        webpage = QWebEnginePage(profile, self)
        webview = QWebEngineView(self)
        webview.setPage(webpage)
        webview.settings().setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings.PluginsEnabled, True)
        webview.load(QUrl("https://www.youtube.com"))

        lay = QVBoxLayout(self)
        lay.addWidget(webview)
        self.resize(640, 480)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    w = Widget()
    w.show()
    app.exec_()

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Maternal and fetal outcome in patients with eclampsia at Murtala Muhammad specialist Hospital Kano, Nigeria
Ibrahim A Yakasai, Sule A Gaya
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Nigeria
Date of Web Publication 2-Nov-2011
Ibrahim A Yakasai
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano PMB 3452 Kano
Background/Objectives: Eclampsia is a major contributor to maternal and perinatal mortality worldwide. It is much more common in developing countries like Nigeria where presentation is usually late and resources are scarce. The staggering figures of maternal death (46%) reported by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Nigeria (SOGON) in 2004 moved the Kano State government to initiate programs that will reduce maternal mortality in the state. The objectives of this report were; 1) to determine the prevalence of eclampsia at Murtala Muhammad Specialist hospital (MMSH) Kano between April 2008 and May 2009; 2) to determine maternal and fetal outcome in eclamptic patients admitted to MMSH Kano between April 2008 and May 2009.
Methods : Case records of all patients admitted to MMSH between April 2008 and May 2009 were retrieved and analyzed using Epi-info version 3.2.2 April 2004 (CDC Atlanta, USA). Information extracted includes demographic data, maternal and fetal outcome. A P value of less than 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: There were 688 eclamptic patients admitted and 13 943 women delivered during the study period giving a prevalence of 5% of total deliveries. One hundred and twenty six women died giving a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 904/100 000, among them 36 were eclamptics. The perinatal mortality rate for the eclamptics was 132/1 000. 81.4% of the women were primigravidas and majority (82.2%) were at term. Almost 83.3% presented within 12 hours of the onset of the fits and nearly half (44.9%) had their convulsion before the onset of labor.
Conclusion: The incidence of eclampsia is 5% of total deliveries. Delay in presentation is associated with poor outcome.
Abstract in French
Contexte et objectifs: Éclampsie est un contributeur majeur à la mortalité maternelle et périnatale dans le monde entier. Il est beaucoup plus courant dans les pays en développement comme le Nigeria où présentation est habituellement fin et les ressources sont rares. Les chiffres stupéfiants de décès maternels (46%) signalés par la société des obstétriciens et gynécologues du Nigéria (SOGON) en 2004 s'installe le gouvernement de l'état de Kano pour lancer des programmes qui permettront de réduire la mortalité maternelle dans l'État. Les objectifs du présent rapport ont été; 1) afin de déterminer la prévalence de l'éclampsie à Kano (MMSH) de l'hôpital de Murtala Mohammed spécialiste entre avril 2008 et mai 2009. 2) afin de déterminer les résultats maternels et fœtaux chez des patients eclamptic admis à Kano MMSH entre avril 2008 et mai 2009.
Méthodes: Dossiers de tous les patients admis à MMSH entre avril 2008 et mai 2009 ont été récupérées et analysés à l'aide d'Epi-info version 3.2.2 avril 2004 (CDC Atlanta, USA). Informations extraites comprennent des données démographiques, résultat maternel et fœtal. Une valeur de p de moins de 0,05 était considérée comme significative.
Résultats: y ont été 688 eclamptic patients hospitalisés et 13 943 femmes livrées au cours de la période d'étude donnant une prévalence de 5% du total des livraisons. Un cent vingt six femmes meurt donnant un taux de mortalité maternelle (ROR) de 904/100 000, parmi les 36 ont été eclamptics. Le taux de mortalité périnatale pour l'eclamptics était 132/1 000. 81,4% des femmes ont été primigravidas et majorité (82,2%) étaient à terme. Près de 83,3% présenté dans les 12 heures après le début de l'ajustement et près de la moitié (44,9%) avait leur convulsion avant l'apparition des labor.
Conclusion: L'incidence de l'éclampsie est 5% du total des livraisons. Délai de présentation est associé à mauvais résultat.
Mots clés: Éclampsie, maternelle, foetale, résultat
Keywords: Eclampsia, maternal, fetal, outcome
Yakasai IA, Gaya SA. Maternal and fetal outcome in patients with eclampsia at Murtala Muhammad specialist Hospital Kano, Nigeria. Ann Afr Med 2011;10:305-9
Yakasai IA, Gaya SA. Maternal and fetal outcome in patients with eclampsia at Murtala Muhammad specialist Hospital Kano, Nigeria. Ann Afr Med [serial online] 2011 [cited 2023 Jan 31];10:305-9. Available from: https://www.annalsafrmed.org/text.asp?2011/10/4/305/87049
Eclampsia is a disease that continues to be of significant concern, and hypertensive complications of pregnancy including eclampsia remain a leading cause of maternal death. [1] It is a major contributor to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide and this is more so in developing countries like Nigeria where presentation is usually late and facilities for resuscitation are scarce. [1],[2] It contributed up to 31.3% by a population-based survey of maternal mortality by Adamu et al. [3] and also 46% of maternal death in Kano according to Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Of Nigeria (SOGON) NEEDS assessment survey in 2004. [4] The incidence varied worldwide ranging from 1 in 100 to 1 in 3 448 pregnancies. [5] In Nigeria, rates varies between 0.3/100 deliveries in Calabar, Southern Nigeria, to as high as 9/100 deliveries in Birnin Kudu, Northern Nigeria, and in general, the rates are higher in the North than in the South. [6],[7],[8][,9],[10],[11] Eclampsia usually develop following pre-eclampsia that can be detected and managed before the onset of convulsion, except in a few cases where convulsion occur without the onset of detectable pre-eclampsia. [11]
The staggering figure of maternal mortality reported in 2004 by SOGON moved the Kano state government to initiate programs that will reduce maternal mortality in the state. Among these programs are expanding the ongoing free maternity services to include free Mgso 4 for eclamptic patients and intensive manpower recruitment posted to man strategic hospitals in the state, in order to reduce the delays in reaching the specialist hospital. This research is intended to find out the impact of these programs in terms of maternal and perinatal outcome among eclamptic patients in one of the largest maternity section in West African subregion, with average of more than 10 000 deliveries per annum and close to 1 000 cases of eclampsia per annum. The hospital receives referrals from all the local governments of the state and also from neighboring states like Jigawa, Bauchi, and parts of Katsina states. All the patients were managed using Mgso 4 . Patients with antepartum eclampsia were induced using misoprostol, except in patients with obvious indication for Caesarean section like those with cephalopelvic disproportion, fetal distress, or patients with previous scar and unfavorable cervix. There were no initial published data to compare the findings from this study, but attempt will be made to compare the findings with available figures within and outside Nigeria.
Aim / objectives
To determine the prevalence of eclampsia in Murtala Muhammad Hospital, Kano.
To determine the maternal and fetal outcomes among eclamptic patients admitted at Murtala Muhammad specialist Hospital (MMSH), Kano, between May 2008 and April 2009.
All the cases of eclampsia admitted at the Hospital between May 2008 and April 2009 were identified and their case notes retrieved from the medical records. Information extracted include age, parity, booking status, gestational age, type of pregnancy, duration of illness before presentation, mode of delivery, maternal outcome, and fetal outcome. The data were analyzed using Epi info version 3.2.2 April, 2004 (CDC Atlanta, USA). The data were presented using tables and descriptive statistics were used as absolute numbers, measures of central tendencies, and measures of dispersion. The Chi-square test was used to test significant association. A P value of less than 0.05 was considered significant.
There were 688 eclamptic patients admitted during the study period and there were 13 943 deliveries during the same period, giving an incidence of 5% of total deliveries. There were 126 maternal death during the study period, giving an MMR of 904/100 000 deliveries, and eclampsia accounted for 36 maternal death among them, thus contributing 28.57% of the maternal death and a case fatality rate of 5.2%. The perinatal mortality rate for the eclamptics was 132/1 000 eclamptic deliveries. Among them, 6.2% were fresh stillbirth, 3.5% were macerated stillbirth (MSB), and 3.5% were not delivered.
Majority of the patients were teenagers (50.14%); mean age, 20.6 years; and standard deviation (SD) of 5. Primigravidae accounted for 81.4%, mean parity of about 2, and SD of about 2. These are shown in [Table 1]. Up to 48.5% of the patients had some form of antenatal care, mostly at primary health centers.
Majority of the patients (82.3%) were at term, 17.6% were preterm, and only one patient (0.1%) convulsed before fetal viability. Nearly half of the patients (44.9%) had their convulsion before the onset of labor, 35% were intrapartum, while 20.1% were postpartum.
Table 1: Age and parity of eclamptic patients at Murtala Muhammad specialist Hospital
About 83.3% of the patients presented before 12 hours, while 8.5% and 8.2% presented between 12-24 hours and >24 hours, respectively.Up to 65.8% achieved vaginal delivery, 29.4% had Caesarean section, while 0.3% and 0.9% had forceps and vacuum deliveries, respectively. Twenty-five mothers (3.6%) died undelivered. Of the 11 mothers who died after delivery, eight had spontaneous vaginal delivery (1.8%), while three had Caesarean section (1.5). There is no significant difference in maternal outcome between those who delivered through spontaneous vaginal delivery and those who had Caesarean section (OR = 0.84, 95%CI = 0.17-3.51, P=0.5447), [Table 2]. On the other hand, of the 64 stillbirths, 33 (7.9) were delivered through spontaneous vaginal delivery, while 31 (18.1%) were delivered through Caesarean section. There was significantly higher fetal loss among those delivered by Caesarean section than those delivered by spontaneous vaginal delivery (OR = 2.31, 95%CI = 1.33-4.01, χ2 = 9.40, P=0.0022), [Table 3].
Table 2: Mode of delivery vs maternal outcome
Table 3: Mode of delivery vs fetal outcome
There were 51% males, 44.2% females, while sex has not been stated in the rest. There were 98.4% singleton pregnancies and 1.6% set of twins. No higher order pregnancy was reported.
Maternal death due to eclampsia is shown to worsen when presented after 12 hours from the onset of convulsion (OR = 34.45, 95%CI = 13.16-95.36, χ2 = 119.10, P=0.000), [Table 4], and similarly with perinatal mortality (OR = 57.51, 95%CI = 30.07-111.22, χ2 = 306.59, P=0.0000), [Table 5]. Maternal mortality is worst with antepartum eclampsia (OR = 0.39, 95%CI = 0.18-0.83, χ2 = 6.37, P=0.0116), but there is no significant difference in terms of maternal outcome between intrapartum eclampsia and postpartum eclampsia (OR = 1.26, 95%CI = 0.34-4.51, χ2 = 0.01, P=0.9365), [Table 6]. The fetal outcome is best with postpartum eclampsia compared with either intrapartum eclampsia (OR = 10.79, 95%CI, 2.47-66.12, χ2 = 14.27, P=0.0002) or antepartum eclampsia (OR = 15.05, 95%CI = 3.53-90.56, χ2 = 22.03, P=0.0000), but there is no significant difference between antepartum eclampsia and intrapartum eclampsia in terms of fetal outcome (OR = 072, 95%CI = 0.4-1.17, χ2 = 1.65, P=0.1995), [Table 7].
Table 4: Duration of illness vs maternal outcome
Table 5: Duration of illness vs fetal outcome
Table 6: Type of eclampsia vs maternal outcome
Table 7: Type of eclampsia vs fetal outcome
Eclampsia is one of the most dangerous conditions which those caring for pregnant woman and her fetus must deal with, especially because its onset can be dramatic, abrupt, and in many women without any warning. [12]
The incidence of 5% is lower than the incidence quoted at Birnin Kudu, [10] near the study area, and Abuja [11] (all in Northern Nigeria) but higher than the figures quoted in the Southern part of the country. [4],[6],[7],[8],[9] The lower incidence of eclampsia in this study may be attributed to the availability of competent staff at strategic general hospitals around the state, thus intercepting most of the referrals from these areas. This is commendable as it showed clearly how commitment by government can affect the incidence of fatal conditions like eclampsia. The contribution of eclampsia to maternal mortality (28.57%) has also declined considerably, compared with 46% reported in 2004 by the SOGON. [4] This decline may be due to the use of MgSO 4 in the treatment of the eclamptic patient, as shown in the Abuja study [11] and the MAGPIE Trial, a randomized controlled trial that clearly demonstrated the efficacy of MgSO4 in the control of eclamptic seizures. [13],[14],[15]
The age and parity distributions were similar to other findings in Nigeria. [6],[7],[8],[9],[10],[11] The booked patient accounting for up to 48.5% is higher than most of the studies across Nigeria. This may be explained by the fact that most of the patients were within Kano metropolis and many of them might have booked at primary health centers. Most of these primary health centers do not have sphygmomanometer to measure blood pressure as such preeclampsia will go undetected.
Delay was only established in 8.2% (presentation after 24 hours). This is in contrast to the finding at Birnin Kudu where delay was established in up to 56% of the patients. [10] This may be due to ongoing health campaign, especially about eclampsia and other causes of maternal death, as well as majority of the patients came from the city as mentioned earlier.
The Caesarean section rate of 29.4% is much lower than the rates reported in many centers in Nigeria, but similar to some centers in the United Kingdom. [16] Most of the rates in Nigeria are more than 50%. [8],[9],[10],[11] This is because most of our patients had induction of labor with misoprostol while awaiting surgery and many progress satisfactorily and had spontaneous vaginal delivery. The long period taken before the surgery was due to very high patient-doctor ratio in the hospital. This was also noted by Jamilu tukur at Birnin kudu. [10]
Multifetal pregnancy accounts for only 1.6% of the cases, which is much lower than 15.8% reported by Itam at Calabar [6] and 3.5% in the western world. [5]
Case fatality rate of 5.2% is much lower than that reported by Efetie and Okafor at Abuja (28.3%), [11] Olatunji and Sule-odu (20%) [8] and Tukur et al. at Birnin Kudu (10.6) [10] but is higher than that reported by Umezuike et al. at Aba (2.5%) [7] where MgSO 4 was used in the treatment of the eclampsia. Case fatality rate of not more than 1% is needed to achieve MDG 5.
This study showed gross reduction in overall MMR during the study period (904/100 000 births Vs >3 000/100 000 births recorded in 2004 by the SOGON NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY). This may be explained by the gross reduction in the contribution of MM by eclampsia. The PNMR of 132/1 000 deliveries is similar to that found by Tukur et al. at Birnin Kudu and by Emen et al. at Uyo (130 and 137/1 000 deliveries, respectively) [9],[10] but lower than that reported from Gombe, [17] Kaduna, [14] and Aba [7] (368, 409, and 552/1 000 deliveries, respectively). The fetal outcome in this study was found to be significantly higher in intrapartum eclampsia/antepartum eclampsia compared with postpartum eclampsia; this is similar to what was found by Sinai and Anderson in America where they found the perinatal mortality remains between 75 and 85% in eclamptic patients with either antepartum/intrapartum eclampsia. [18]
From this study, it is noted that maternal outcome is made worst when patients present after 12 hours from the onset of convulsion and when they have antepartum eclampsia. This emphasizes the importance of effective antenatal care, especially at primary health centers, where early onset pre-eclampsia will be detected and managed appropriately, so that these women do not go on and develop eclampsia. According to Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) guidelines, it is the most effective way to prevent eclampsia. [19] There was no significant relationship between maternal mortality and mode of delivery as such; it is worth trying vaginal delivery by induction of labor using misoprostol than to rush for Caesarean section. This will also reduce our Caesarean section rate. Similarly, fetal outcome in terms of survival is made worse by late presentation (>12 hours), antepartum eclampsia, and Caesarean section. The unfavorable outcome with Caesarean section may be explained by the fact that most of those that underwent Caesarean section had other complication that necessitated the Caesarean section (cephalo pelvic disproportion or fetal distress) and there was also delay in performing the Caesarean section due to inadequate man power. Olatunji and Sule-odu also noted no significant association between mode of delivery and maternal mortality, but noted a decrease in perinatal mortality with Caesarean section. [8]
The incidence of eclampsia at MMSH, Kano, was 5% of total deliveries. There was obvious decrease in the contribution of eclampsia to MM during the study period. Majority of the patients had successful vaginal delivery following induction of labor. Delay in presentation (after 12 hours) and antepartum eclampsia were associated with poor outcome in eclamptic patients. Mode of delivery had no effect on the outcome of the eclamptics. Remarkable reduction in maternal mortality to achieve MDG 5 is possible once Government is committed in providing proper antenatal care, especially at primary health centers.
1. Duley L. Maternal mortality associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1992;99:547-53.
2. Kwawukume EY. Hypertension in pregnancy. In: Kwawukume EY, Emuveyen EE, editors. Comprehensive obstetrics in the Tropics. Accra, Ghana: Graphics packaging Limited; 2005. p. 180.
3. Adamu YM, Salihu HM, Sarthiakumar N, Alexander R. Maternal mortality in Northern Nigeria: A population based study. Eur J Obstet Gynaecol Reprod Biol 2003;109:153-9.
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1 Prevalence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Kasiye Shiferaw Gemechu, Nega Assefa, Bizatu Mengistie
Women's Health. 2020; 16: 1745506520
2 Deep tongue laceration following eclampsia, Cesarean section, repair and blood transfusion- A case report
HM Abdullahi, M Yusuf, AL Dayyabu, AM Miko
Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2019; 36(3): 468
3 Should magnesium sulfate be administered to women with mild pre-eclampsia? A systematic review of published reports on eclampsia
Yifru Berhan,Asres Berhan
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 2015; : n/a
4 Factors influencing the use of magnesium sulphate in pre-eclampsia/eclampsia management in health facilities in Northern Nigeria: a mixed methods study
Olugbenga Oguntunde,Zulfiya Charyeva,Molly Cannon,William Sambisa,Nosakhare Orobaton,Ibrahim A Kabo,Kamil Shoretire,Saba'atu E Danladi,Nurudeen Lawal,Habib Sadauki
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. 2015; 15(1)
5 A prospective study of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries
Sarah Saleem,Elizabeth M McClure,Shivaprasad S Goudar,Archana Patel,Fabian Esamai,Ana Garces,Elwyn Chomba,Fernando Althabe,Janet Moore,Bhalachandra Kodkany,Omrana Pasha,Jose Belizan,Albert Mayansyan,Richard J Derman,Patricia L Hibberd,Edward A Liechty,Nancy F Krebs,K Michael Hambidge,Pierre Buekens,Waldemar A Carlo,Linda L Wright,Marion Koso-Thomas,Alan H Jobe,Robert L Goldenberg
Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2014; 92(8): 605
6 Risk factors for maternal mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Kenya: a case control study
Faith Yego,Catherine D'Este,Julie Byles,Jennifer Williams,Paul Nyongesa
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2014; 14(1): 38
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This hashbrown casserole is cheesy, creamy, and dreamy!!! One of my lattest obsessions. We make this casserole for brunch, for all major Holidays or when we have company over for breakfast/brunch. Perfect Saturday morning casserole or a quick week night dinner. It takes about 15 minutes to do all the prep work and then it bakes for 45 minutes. Fast, easy, and delicious… just how I like it!
1) Do the prep work first. Shred the cheese into a big bowl. Then add the hash browns to the bowl. Finely dice the onion and add it to the bowl. Add the sour cream and cream of chicken soup to the bowl. Melt the stick of butter and add it to the bowl. Add the salt/pepper. Mix thoroughly with a big spoon.
2) Spray a baking dish with oil or butter spray. I use an 11X15 glass baking dish. Using a spoon, gently transfer the hashbrown mixture into the baking dish and smooth it out evenly using a spoon.
3) Cover with foil and bake at 350 Degrees for 45 minutes or until golden brown on top. If it is not golden brown after 45 minutes, take off the foil and bake on 400 for a few minutes until you get a perfectly golden (not burned) top!
4) Using a spatula cut into squares and scoop into plates. Best served piping hot! To reheat, bake in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes on 350 Degrees.
1) Wash tomatoes and add them to a big bowl. Drain out the water from the can of olives and add the olives to the tomatoes.
2) Shred the Mozzarella cheese. Add it to the bowl of tomatoes and black olives.
3) Add 6 TBS Real Mayonnaise to the bowl. Squeeze 1-2 garlic cloves into the bowl. Mix everything together with a spoon, gently not to crush the tomatoes or olives. Cover and set aside until ready to serve.
4) Transfer to a pretty bowl if eating as a side dish/salad or spread over fresh baked baguette Slices on a plate. Yum!!!
1) Do all the prep work first. Wash and cut all of your veggies into kebab sized chunks.
2) In a separate bowl mix the mayonnaise, barbecue sauce, and spices together until it it the consistency and look of a sauce.
3) Mix the veggies with the marinade sauce and let stand to marinate for at least 4 hours. I usually marinate the morning of the day we grill them.
4) 30 minutes before you grill, put the veggies on wooden skewer sticks. No particular order but I like to have a variety of all veggies on each stick for a pretty color combination and to get a taste of each veggie on each stick.
5) Grill the veggie skewers on the grill along with meat or steak or anything else you are grilling. They take about 30 minutes to grill to perfection. You can just lay them down on the grill, or get a grill basket and grill the veggie kebabs in the grill basket. I have tried both ways and both work just fine.
6) These are especially delicious with steak!
Some call these empanada's, some call these chebureki, either way these fried tortillas with a meat filling inside are a great appetizer and snack. Could also be eaten for dinner. I made a batch of these for a Super Bowl party this year and they were a big hit! These are convenient to bring to a get together/party, because they can be cooked in advance and you just pop them in the oven to preheat them. I do have another recipe for tortillas with meat filling on the blog, but this is my go to, easier version recipe. These are best served hot, and reheat very well in the oven. I actually like them best preheated in the oven on 300 degrees for about 10 mins as they get extra crispy this way!
1) Put ground chicken and ground beef in a big bowl. Puree 1 Onion in the food processor (or shred it using a shredder) and add to the bowl of ground meat. Add the spices and mix thoroughly.
2) Set up an empanada making station. I set up a big sheet of foil on the counter with the tortillas, the bowl of meat filling, and a small cup with water and a brush (to stick the tortillas together).
3) Lay each tortilla out and fill with meat mixture, one by one. I add about 2 TBS of meat filling to each tortilla. Brush the outline circle of the tortilla with water using the brush. Stick both sides of the tortilla together and seal tightly by pressing on ends with a fork. This also makes a nice rigid design. Set the done emanada's aside. Set a pan with enough olive oil to cover the bottom of the pan, on Medium heat (I did 5.5) and let the oil heat up.
4) Once oil heats up and starts fizzing a bit, add 2 empanada's at a time to the pan. Fry on each side until golden (about 3 Minutes per side). Have a tray lined with paper towels or napkins to put the fried empanada's on so the extra oil would drain off.
Serve hot. To reheat place in the oven for 10 minutes on 300 to 350 Degrees until hot and crispy!
This is hands down, the best home made Mac & Cheese that I have ever tried. I came up with this recipe in an attempt to make yummy home made Mac & Cheese because it's currently my 5 year old's favorite food and I didn't want to keep making it from the box. I made some last week when our friends were over for dinner and it was a big hit! I have never seen anyone eat as much Mac & Cheese as my friend's husband did! That is the best compliment a chef can get, when all the food gets devoured! They said it was the cheesiest and best Mac & Cheese they have ever eaten. Not oily, and extra cheesy. I wasn't shy with the cheese that's for sure and that is the secret behind this recipe, 2 blocks of a good sharp cheddar cheese, 1 small (4 oz) block Velveta cheese (optional) and a good brand of macaroni. This dish will be a big hit for sure and it's so easy to make. I hope you love it, just as much as my family and friends do! I am posting now in time for Christmas, as it has been requested. I know this will definitely be a dish I have on all my Holiday tables from now on.
1) Cook the Elbows macaroni according to the package instructions. Make sure to add salt to the boiling water.
2) When Macaroni cooks through, drain out the water from pot, and add 4 TBS of butter to the macaroni. Mix well and set aside.
3) In a small saucepan, melt 4 TBS (1/2 stick) of butter on Medium heat (I did 6). Slowly add in 4 TBS of flour, and whisk together with the butter to make a thick sauce. When the flour is well incorporated into the butter and the thick sauce starts bubbling, add 1 Cup of milk.
4) When the Milk heats up, almost boiling but not yet, add 1 shredded block of sharp cheddar cheese a little bit at a time. Whisking to make a cheesy sauce consistency. If you are using Velveta cheese, add it to the pot of cheddar cheese now and incorporate into the cheesy mixture. Turn heat off. Mix the cheese sauce with a spoon.
5) Transfer the cooked macaroni into a casserole dish. Pour the cheese sauce all over the macaroni and gently mix. Sprinkle 1/2 block of shredded sharp cheddar cheese on top of the macaroni. Cover with foil. Bake on 350 Degrees for 15 minutes, right before serving. Optionally, you can transfer mac and cheese to a crock pot, mix, and keep on warm until ready to serve (and sprinkle more cheese on top when done).
6) Take Mac & Cheese out of the oven, remove foil, sprinkle the other 1/2 block of shredded sharp cheddar cheese all over top of macaroni and stick back in the oven (or add to crock pot) for a few mins to melt all over the top. Enjoy!
Yum! Look at that cheesy goodness!!!
These crock pot meatballs are a great appetizer. I am posting these just in time for Christmas! I got this recipe from my friend Kendra, who got the recipe from a friend. These are absolutely delicious yet the easiest thing you can make! Great for a party as they stay hot and easy to bring. I made these meatballs for a Christmas party we attended last weekend and they were a big hit! We took an empty crock pot home. Minimal work and only 4 ingredients. I plan on making another batch for a Christmas party next week!
1) Set your crock pot on the Low setting. Throw in the frozen meatballs.
2) In a big bowl, measure out and mix together the ketchup, grape jelly, and chili sauce.
3) Mix the sauces very well and pour into the crockpot over the meatballs and mix.
4) Cover the crock pot with lid and cook on Low setting for 4 hours. Mix about every hour. Serve hot in crock pot and keep on Auto or Low setting to keep meatballs warm. Enjoy!
These mini baked appetizer sandwiches are loaded with cheese, and ham. These are quick and easy to make and one of the yummiest appetizers ever! I got the recipe from my friend Irina, when we were over their house for dinner and she made these. I couldn't get enough! Of course I had to get the recipe to share with you guys! I wanted to post this recipe right on time before the Holidays, as we all need great appetizer recipes for entertaining. Enjoy!
1) Do the prep work first. Cut the tomato into little dice. Cut the Ham into little cubes. Shred the block of Mozzarella cheese. Finely chop 4 green onions (mostly green part). Using a butter knife, smear a little bit of Mayonnaise onto each piece of baguette bread.
2) Put everything on the baguette slices in this order; Ham, tomatoes, green onions, then squirt 2 small drops of ketchup on the baguette slices and cover with cheese on top.
3) Bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until golden to your desire! Best when served hot.
This Shrimp Salad recipe was created by me but inspired by a salad I had at a restaurant called Canyon's, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. It was the perfect meal for me after a long, hot, exhausting day of exploring Tweetsie Railroad (a wild west theme park) in the beautiful mountains of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I had to recreate it at home and I did. The restaurant version was great but this home made recipe is even better, so much more flavor and you can add as much shrimp as you'd like. I love shrimp! And this shrimp salad takes it to a whole notha' level (lol I know I'm corny). So fast and easy to prepare and definitely a summer favorite in our house now. I could literally eat this salad every single day! We ate it as a meal for dinner, but you could also make it as a side dish/salad. You can omit the shrimp if you are not a fan, and add anything else you want to it and get creative. Please don't forget to share your idea's with me, I would love to hear them!
1) Do the prep work first. Peel & devine the shrimp, rinse through with cold water and let dry. Wash all the veggies and chop everything up into one big bowl. I chopped the lettuce into small squares. The grape tomatoes in halves. The cucumber in fourths and then chopped into pieces.
2) Set a pan on Med-High heat (I did a 6) add some olive oil. When the oil heats up, add the shrimp. Add salt/pepper to shrimp and mix. When the shrimp looks done, lower the heat to low (I did 2) and add some Lawry's Herb & Garlic marinade sauce, I added about 2 tablespoons and 2 pressed garlic cloves. Simmer with the lid on for a few minutes until shrimp is well cooked through. Turn off heat and keep shrimp hot.
3) When you are ready to eat, add the shrimp into the salad bowel. Mix gently. Each person can add dressing and croutons to salad individually to their liking. Enjoy!
1) Wash the Calamari (Squid). Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Line 1 baking sheet with 2 layers of paper towels. Have a 2nd baking sheet ready nearby.
2) Pour enough oil to come 1 inch up the side of a large, heavy saucepan. Heat over High heat to 350 Degrees (On a deep frying thermometer).
3) Cut the Calamari bodies (Sacs/Tubes) crosswise into 1/2 inch-wide rings. Cut each cluster of tentacles in halves or thirds. Season the Calamari with salt/pepper and mix.
4) Pour the flour into a bowl. Divide the calamari into 2 batches. Put the first batch of calamari into the bowl with flour and coat it with the flour, shaking off excess flour.
5) Add the coated calamari into the saucepan with the hot oil. Cook over High heat until the calamari are golden brown, about 2-4 minutes.
6) Using a slotted spoon transfer the calamari onto the baking sheet lined with paper towels to briefly drain.
7) Move the calamari to the second baking sheet and place in the oven, to keep it warm and crisp. Repeat the same steps with the 2nd batch of calamari. Add more flour to the bowl if there is not enough, I did add a few spoons more of flour.
8) Transfer the calamari to the serving plate. You can add lemon wedges to the plate, for decoration. Serve with marinara sauce and or garlic aioli sauce for dipping, if desired. I served with both sauces because we like our calamari with yummy sauces.
1) Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the scallions, anchovies (if using), garlic, and cook. Stir occasionally until garlic is fragrant for about 1 minute.
1) To make the roasted garlic, preheat a small conventional oven to 300 Degrees. Cut the top 1/2 inch from each garlic head to reveal the cloves. Discard the tops. Drizzle the extra virgin olive oil on the cut surfaces of the garlic heads, and sprinkle with a pinch each of salt/pepper.
2) Place the garlic heads, cut side up, in a small baking dish lined with foil. (I used the one that comes with the conventional oven.) Cover the baking dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake 1.5 hours until the garlic is deep beige and very tender when squeezed. Set aside when ready.
3) Put the potatoes in a large saucepan. Add enough water to just cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add salt to taste. Reduce the heat to medium low (I did 3.5) and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 20-25 minutes.
4) When the potatoes are cooked through and tender, drain out all the water, and return the potatoes back into the pot. Mash the potatoes using a potato masher, or fork if you don't have one.
5) In a small bowl, squeeze out the garlic cloves from the 2 heads of garlic . Mash the cloves with a fork. (They will be very tender.) Add the stick of butter and cream into the bowl. Mix very well using a fork and spoon. Until it becomes a creamy texture.
6) Add the roasted garlic, butter, and heavy cream mixture into the mashed potatoes. Mix very well. Mash potatoes again with the masher until they become as smooth as you prefer. Season with salt and pepper to taste. I did 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Transfer to a serving bowl or scoop into individual plates. Serve hot.
*To reheat: Heat a skillet on medium heat with some butter, add the mashed potatoes. Mix until heated up. These reheat very well.


LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited many more minorities and women to join on Wednesday as the first major step in reshaping its membership after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy this year.
The announcement of the unusually large new class — more than twice last year's number — followed a January pledge by the academy to double its female and minority membership by 2020 after it failed to nominate any minority actors for an Oscar for the second year in a row.
By the academy's count, 46 percent of this year's 683 invitees are women, and 41 percent are minorities. Included were many of the stars and filmmakers who some felt were snubbed when the Oscar nominations were announced this year, including the director Ryan Coogler ("Creed") and actors like Idris Elba ("Beasts of No Nation").
But the academy still has a long way to go to reach its goals, and the pace of new membership could be hard to sustain. Even if all of the new invitees join, minority membership would rise to 11 percent from 8 percent, and the percentage of women would increase to 27 percent from 25 percent.
Many observers have said the root problem lies not with the academy, but with the film industry at large and the lack of opportunities it provides for women and minorities. In reaching for a more diverse membership, the academy moved well outside the United States, tapping new members from a total of 59 countries. The academy, which provided detailed statistics about its effort, said 283 of those invited were from outside the United States.
"We have a goal here and are going to continue to work as hard as we can to meet that goal," Ms. Isaacs said.
Should all those invited on Wednesday join the academy, this year's 6,262 voters would climb to nearly 7,000. The prospective total voting membership appears to represent a new high for the academy, though it had more Oscar voters when nonmembers were permitted to cast ballots. That practice ended by the late 1950s.
The sudden broadening of the film academy is just one step in a process that must accelerate if the group is to meet its goals. An analysis by The New York Times of the academy's acting branch showed that unit, which had about 1,100 members last year, would have to admit about 80 actors a year, and three women for every man, to reach approximate gender parity by 2020.
About 70 actors were invited this year, roughly half of them women. Virtually everyone invited to join the academy in past years has accepted, but exact membership rolls are not made public.
Once considered a strictly internal affair, academy membership has become the stuff of public debate and even public policy.
On Wednesday in New York, for instance, the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment announced an unusual initiative, under which it intends to gather credentials of female and minority filmmakers from the New York area, then offer them as possible candidates for the academy's next class of new members.
New York-area filmmakers can post their qualifications or those of others on a web portal that will carry the name and social media hashtag #NominateNYC and will be available through Nov. 15, and various Hollywood guilds and other professional organizations will be asked to consider recruiting from the pool. Academy officials were consulted about, but did not directly collaborate in, creating the New York outreach program, said Julie Menin, the city's media and entertainment commissioner.
Whether academy members — generally protective of their right to say who qualifies for admission to the group — will respond to such pressure from the outside remains to be seen.
But Wednesday's announcement suggested an abandoning of a sense of reserve — some would say clubbiness — that distinguished membership invitations in past years.
Less than a decade ago, academy officials were slashing annual invitations to as few as 115, in an attempt to raise the professional tone of the membership and to trim a group that was deemed too large when it hit 5,810 voters, and about 6,500 members including those with nonvoting emeritus status, in 2008.
Much larger numbers cast Oscar votes in the 1930s, when the academy sent ballots not just to its members, but to others in Hollywood's guilds as well.
Whether this year's nearly 700 invitees represent a record number is unclear. In its 1947 annual report, the academy said it had doubled membership to 1,600 from 800 in a year. But those new members were not all invited at once.
But the new list appears likely to yield record high membership, even allowing for the typical levels of attrition through death or voluntary election of emeritus status, and the impact — expected to be minimal — of a mandated purge of inactive members.
The academy branches, which represent various crafts — including writers, actors and costume designers — are expected to complete reviews of member activity later this summer. Some branches have indicated an intention to cut few or no members, according to people briefed on the plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of confidentiality strictures.
Famous black actors who were invited included Chadwick Boseman, John Boyega and Vivica A. Fox. The white actors Andrew Garfield and Brie Larson, who won the Oscar for best actress for "Room" this year, were also invited, as were the Asian actors Daniel Dae Kim and Byung-hun Lee, and Luis Guzmán, who is Hispanic.
Ice Cube, a founding member of the rap group N.W.A., whose rise to fame was dramatized in the film "Straight Outta Compton" — which was praised by critics and audiences but failed to gain a nomination for best picture this year — was another invitee.
The academy's directors branch appears to be poised for some of the biggest changes. The branch, which consisted of fewer than 400 filmmakers last year, invited about 90 new members, including Ana Lily Amirpour ("A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"), Mary Harron ("The Notorious Bettie Page"), Taika Waititi ("What We Do in the Shadows"), and Lana and Lilly Wachowski (The "Matrix" trilogy, "Cloud Atlas").
Notable invitees to the executives branch were James and Lachlan Murdoch, who have assumed increased authority over 20th Century Fox from their father, Rupert Murdoch.
In the decade preceding those back-to-back snubs, academy members had nominated and given awards to a number of black actors, including Jamie Foxx, who won the best actor Oscar for his performance in "Ray," and Lupita Nyong'o, who won best supporting actress in 2014 for her role in "12 Years a Slave," which was that year's best picture.
But within days of the nominations being announced, academy officials, facing intense public criticism, promised to restructure their group, with an eye toward creating a more diverse voting pool and governing board.
At the same time, Ms. Isaacs, the academy's president, and Dawn Hudson, its chief executive, urged members to find a diverse field of new recruits, many of whom appeared on Wednesday's list of invitees.


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New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and if you haven't been keeping up with every moment, we've got you covered, from street style to beauty trends.
Early this morning, BOSS presented its F/W 19 collection, and we're already planning our cool-weather wardrobes.
Watch a recap of the runway below to spot head-to-toe tonal dressing, the return of colour blocking (there's a neon yellow, caramel and black sweater we have our eye on), and subtle check-printed suits.


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Acclaimed Montreal Locals Share Their Essential Spots
An insider's guide to Quebec's largest city.
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EVERY CITY HAS shared spaces and well-known places. But each person's map of their city is unique, a web of individual needs, tastes, and desires. In our ongoing series "One City, Two Sides," we tap two residents to learn about the spots they love — the ones they return to and recommend — from the best morning coffee to the most breathtaking view.
This issue we head to Montreal, the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec, with just under 2 million inhabitants. We talked to Saleema Nawaz, writer and author of the 2020 novel "Songs for the End of the World." Nawaz has taught creative writing at McGill University and writes a regular column for the Montreal Gazette.
We also spoke with Emma Cardarelli, a chef and owner of beloved Montreal restaurants Nora Gray and Elena, both of which serve Italian fare. At Nora Gray, it's more traditional Southern Italian cuisine, including homemade pasta; and at Elena, it's antipasti and a glorious range of wood-fired pizzas.
Saleema Nawaz, writer
Your favorite secret spot in the city?
I love small streets and back alleys since they each have their own secrets you can usually only find by walking — like the staircase leading down to St. Christophe from Sherbrooke Street that has a slide running down beside it!
Best book/film/song about your city?
"Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen. It's set in the Old Port and alludes to Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel.
Favorite thing in your city that never changes?
The warm-weather tradition known as Tam-Tams — a huge, communal drum circle and informal gathering of dancers, picnickers, LARPers, and sunbathers every Sunday at the base of Mount Royal around the monument. Apparently it has been going strong for at least 40 years.
Best thing to do with kids in your city?
The Biodome.
What food exemplifies your city, and where is the best place to get it?
Montreal is famous for poutine and smoked meat, but number one is bagels. There's a rivalry between Fairmount and St-Viateur, but either way, you can't go wrong.
Best bookstore?
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly. The premier comics publisher in North America also has an impeccably curated flagship bookshop in Mile End.
Most fun neighborhood to hang out in?
The Plateau. In the summers, the main road becomes a 33-block, pedestrian-only street fair.
Emma Cardarelli, chef and restaurant owner
Most people would say poutine, and I would say my favorite poutine is from Paul Patates. But really, for me, it's classic French food, and nowhere does it better in the city than L'Express.
Where is the best view of your city?
From the top of Mount Royal after having walked up, preferably in the spring right after it has rained.
Best bar or late-night spot?
My friend just reopened a long-time sports bar called Champs, with various owners. I know what you're thinking — a sports bar? But they are an LGBTQIA2S+-friendly sports bar with many interesting special events like comedy nights, dance parties, and trivia. They also have a private room in the back if you need to rent it out for a party. It's awesome.
What is your favorite hotel in the city?
Le Germain. Last year during Mural Fest, artist Michelle Hoogveld painted the entire facade in the most beautiful and vibrant colors. It's so cool. The rooms are unique and amazing.
Best place to buy a special gift in your city?
Given my profession, I generally give food as gifts. I like to go to Boucherie Lawrence, where they sell a variety of goods from local farms and restaurants, like different kinds of honey, etc.
I love my neighborhood, Mile End, but Little Italy is a close second with Jean-Talon Market, Mon Lapin, and Pumpui.
What do you wish more people knew about your city?
It is the best food city in North America.
Not quite ready to leave Canada?
Hop on a seaplane for serenity on Vancouver Island.
Sneak away to an Arcana cabin just outside Ontario.
Sip an A La Luz from Montreal's Milky Way bar.
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"Nothing Else Matters" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the fourth single from their eponymous fifth album, Metallica. The song reached #11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as well as top-ten positions on many European charts. "Nothing Else Matters" was featured as a playable track in the Music video game Guitar Hero: Metallica. The song has been covered over forty times.
Singer and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield wrote the song (credited to Hetfield/Ulrich) while he was on the phone with his then girlfriend. Since he held the phone with one hand, he plucked the four open strings of a standard E-minor chord with the other, which eventually made up the first two bars of the song. The lyrics were also dedicated to his girlfriend, which talk about being "so close, no matter how far", indicating the bond they shared even when Hetfield was on tour. Initially, the song was not meant to go on the album, as Hetfield had written it for himself, but only after drummer Lars Ulrich heard it, it was considered for the record.
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28 July 2000 Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) thin film materials test program
Charles E. Powers,	Jacqueline M. Townsend,	Eve M. Wooldridge,	John W. Connell,	Joyce Dever,	David L. Edwards,	Wanda C. Peters
Charles E. Powers,1 Jacqueline M. Townsend,1 Eve M. Wooldridge,1 John W. Connell,2 Joyce Dever,3 David L. Edwards,4 Wanda C. Peters5
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Proceedings Volume 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393966
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany
A test program has been implemented to evaluate candidate thin film materials for the sun-facing layer of the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) sunshield. Various polymers are being tested to determine if any can survive the radiation environment of the proposed NGST orbit (the second Sun-Earth lagrangian point or L2). This testing will characterize the mechanical and thermal properties before and after exposure to a simulated NGST sunshield environment. In addition, because the sunshield will be folded and stowed before launch, the candidate materials will be folded, stowed and unfolded (deployed) to determine if they can survive this type of handling and storage. Based on the results of this testing, candidates will be down selected for further development and testing. Future development will include the addition of optical coatings, rip-stop for tear resistance, and seaming techniques.
Charles E. Powers, Jacqueline M. Townsend, Eve M. Wooldridge, John W. Connell, Joyce Dever, David L. Edwards, and Wanda C. Peters "Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) thin film materials test program", Proc. SPIE 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, (28 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393966
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Environment April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 WhatALife Contributor
DAVAO, PHILIPPINES — An endangered Philippine warty pig was seen at Mount Apo during the Holy Week monitoring operation of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Davao from April 11 to 17, 2022.
The existence of the wild pig, which was discovered during DENR Davao's annual Lenten climb monitoring of the summit, is an indication of the peak's progressive natural recovery, according to DENR Davao.
DENR-Davao confirmed the presence of an endemic Sus philippensis or Philippine warty pig, commonly known as "baboy-ramo" or "baboy-ihalas," at Mount Apo Natural Park in an online statement on Monday, April 18.
The Philippine warty pig has been designated as a vulnerable species because of its rapidly falling population.
The environment bureau also warned the public to stay a safe distance from pigs and other wild animals while hiking and to avoid feeding them in order to preserve the animals' natural desire to hunt for food.
The team assessed Mount Apo's surroundings, including its peak in Davao Region and created paths in Tamayong, Bansalan, Digos City, and Sta. Cruz. They also checked the natural park's authorized entry points and campsites to ensure that the park's hiking policies were followed. – WhatALife!
Source: (sunstar.com)
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HARTWELL, Ga. – The King University women's golf team shot 329 in the second round of the Conference Carolinas Championship, and remain in eighth place with one round remaining. Roxane Nataf leads the Tornado as she is in seventh place after two rounds.
LOCATION: Cateechee Golf Club, Hartwell, Ga.
Following a 79 in the opening round, Nataf shot 76 in the second round to move up to seventh with a tournament total of 155.
Sasha Gardiner improved on an 85 in the opening round to shoot 82 in the second round. She has a tournament total of 167.
Morgan Powers followed an 84 in the first round with an 88 in the second round for a total of 172.
Shelby Zeiter owns a stroke total of 173 as she improved on an opening round of 90 to shoot 83 in the second round.
Limestone College leads the tournament with a score of 305 while the University of Mount Olive is second at 633.
Tyler Dawson of Converse College is atop the individual leaderboard with a stroke total of 149.
The championship concludes with the final round on Tuesday.


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Malcolm Chair of Governors
Mr J Fordham - Executive Head and Governor
Adrian Co-opted and Health and Safety Governor
Julie Parent and Safeguarding Governor
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James Parent Governor
Sarah Standards Chair and Pupil Premium Governor
Mrs Fisher Staff Governor
Welcome to the governor section of Breadsall Hill Top Primary. I do hope that you enjoy browsing through our governor section and learning more about our role as Governors.
We believe strongly that 'together we will exceed expectations' and 'together we will govern'.
We are very passionate and ambitious for our children, our staff and our wider community. We joined Transform Trust in the summer of 2017 and together we are on a journey of improvement to make our school the best it can be.
We are striving for quality first teaching to ensure that our children have access to learning that is stimulating, engaging, exciting and fun. We want our children to believe in themselves and achieve their dreams. We want staff to feel invested in and supported and we will challenge them to ensure that our children are successful. Finally, we want our parents/carers to be confident and secure that their child is getting the best possible education and learning experience.
Malcolm Staley
School Governance – our role
"The purpose of governance is to provide confident, strategic leadership and to create robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance".
"Boards must be ambitious for all children and infused with a passion for education and a commitment to continuous school improvement that enables the best possible outcomes. Governance must be grounded in reality as defined by both high-quality objective data and a full understanding of the views and needs of pupils/students, staff, parents, carers and local communities. It should be driven by inquisitive, independent minds and through conversations focussed on the key strategic issues which are conducted with humility, good judgement, resilience and determination", DfE Governance Handbook, January 2017
As well as our Full Governing Body meetings we have two Committees which are the main conduit for the work of the Governors. Our structure is:
· Full Governing Board – this is where we ensure that we are fulfilling our statutory duties, monitoring progress against the school priorities, safeguarding, health & safety, risks and reviewing how effective we are as a governing body.
· Standards – this is where we look at all things data in terms of how the school is doing based on children's attainment and progress, quality of teaching and learning, attendance and behaviour etc.
· Finance and Resources – this is where we look at all things to do with the school finances, including ensuring that we have an appropriate staffing structure in order to deliver our curriculum, how we spend our pupil premium and sports premium and how we ensure that we are meeting financial regulations and achieving best value.
Details of which Governors are on which Committee are given in the document section below.
The Full Governing Board normally meets once a term. Our Committees also meet at least once per term. Dates of our meetings are also given in the document section below.
What do we actually do?
We will support the school with developing its vision, setting the purpose and aims of the school and agreeing school priorities within an agreed policy framework.
We also, along with the Trust, appoint and conduct the performance management of the Headteacher. We also serve on a range of different panels that may be needed for appeals such as school admissions, pay and disciplinary matters for both children and staff.
We monitor the school and evaluate the work by undertaking school visits to see evidence in practice and we then review these at our meetings, feeding back to the Headteacher on our findings.
Speak to the Governors:
If you have any questions you would like to speak to the governors about - please email to governors@bhtp.derby.sch.uk and one of the governors will contact you directly.
The Government has clearly outlined the core functions for school governors:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-handbook
It also launched in January 2017: 'A Competency Framework for Governance'. This document outlines the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed for effective governance, but in brief can be shown as:
Breadsall Governor Attendance April 2019.pdf
BREADSALL Register of Interest Governing Body April 2019.pdf
Governors email address: governors@bhtp.derby.sch.uk


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This is a LITE version of the eGuide to Mammals of Southern Africa and is fully functional but includes ONLY 16 species, compared to 353 species in the full app. If you like the way this app works please check out the full version. The eGuide to Mammals of Southern Africa is an interactive version of the popular "Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa". This app has many features that will enrich your wildlife experience in Southern Africa. FEATURES: ● A universal app that runs on iPhone and iPad. ● Each species has a detailed text description. ● Most species have multiple hi-res photographs, distribution maps, animal-human size comparison, spoor drawings and skull photographs. ● Audible calls for certain species. ● Videos for select species. ● Quickly find a species by looking up its track type, grouped with similar tracks. ● A compare feature that lets you view two species at the same time on the same screen. ● The ability to easily find a species using either common or scientific names and in taxonomic or alphabetic order. ● A personal record of mammal sightings that can be exported using email. *Uninstalling/reinstalling the program will result in the loss of your list; it is recommended that you export the list regularly to avoid any loss of data. We invite all users to share their comments and ideas on our forum at www.mydigitalearth.com NB. This Application WILL ONLY work on an iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad running OS V5.1 or higher NOT A NORMAL IPOD CLASSIC/NANO.


This position will be a member of the Information Technology Team, within the Information Technology Division. The Asset Specialist is part of a team responsible for supporting all Desktop and Mainframe IT inventory, including logistics support to ensure our customers receive their requested IT Assets. This position must operate with integrity and strive to keep our department in compliance with our internal Asset Management policy.


In this paper, a hybrid positioning method based on global optimization for difference of convex functions (D.C.) with time of arrival (TOA) and angle of arrival (AOA) measurements are proposed. Traditional maximum likelihood (ML) formulation for indoor localization is a nonconvex optimization problem. The relaxation methods can?t provide a global solution. We establish a D.C. model for TOA/AOA fusion positioning model and give a solution with a global optimization. Simulations based on TC-OFDM signal system show that the proposed method is efficient and more robust as compared to the existing ML estimation and convex relaxation.
Keywords: Error minimization, global optimization, convex functions.
P. Biswas, T. C. Lian and T. C. Wang, Semidefinite programming based algorithms for sensor network localization, J.ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2 (2006), 188-220.
R. Faragher and R. Harle, Location fingerprinting with bluetooth low energy beacons, J.IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 33 (2015), 2418-2428.
J. B. Hiriart-Urruty and C. Lemar chal, Convex analysis and minimization algorithms, Springer-Verlag, (1993), 150-159.
W. L. Lin and Z. L. Deng, Dimensional functional differential convergence for Cramer-Rao lower bound, J. Journal of Difference Equations & Applications, 23 (2017), 249-257. doi: 10.1080/10236198.2016.1216549.
K. Liu, G. Motta and T. Ma, Multi-floor indoor navigation with geomagnetic field positioning and ant colony optimization algorithm, C.IEEE, (2016), 314-323.
R. Maalek and F. Sadeghpour, Accuracy assessment of ultra-wide band technology in locating dynamic resources in indoor scenarios, J.Automation in Construction, 63 (2016), 12-26.
V. Moreno, M. A. Zamora and A. F. Skarmeta, A low-cost indoor lcalization system for energy sustainability in smart buildings, J.IEEE Sensors Journal, 16 (2016), 3246-3262.
N. M. Nam, N. T. An and R. B. Rector, Nonsmooth algorithms and nesterov's smoothing technique for generalized fermat--torricelli problems, J. Siam Journal on Optimization, 24 (2013), 1815-1839. doi: 10.1137/130945442.
S. Pagano, S. Peirani and M. Valle, Indoor ranging and localisation algorithm based on received signal strength indicator using statistic parameters for wireless sensor networks, J.IET Wireless Sensor Systems, 5 (2015), 243-249.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Good Lion" | "The Faithful Bull".
1. How old is the old man at the bridge?
2. What does Harry dream about before he dies?
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(b) Flying over Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(c) Fighting with the bulls.
(d) Being with his mother again.
3. How many Roman soldiers are talked about in "Today is Friday"?
4. What is Edwin's job during the Spanish Civil War?
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3. What disease does the woman's husband have in "One Reader Writes"?
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5. What are the Roman soldiers talking about in "Today is Friday"?


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Julieta Serrano (ur. 21 stycznia 1933, w Barcelonie, w Hiszpanii) - hiszpańska aktorka filmowa i teatralna. Pochodzi z aktorskiej rodziny.

Wybrana filmografia
 Zwiąż mnie, (¡Átame!) (1989), Alma;
 Kobiety na skraju załamania nerwowego (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) (1987), Lucía;
 Matador, (Matador) (1985), Berta;
 Pośród ciemności (Entre tinieblas) (1983), przeorysza Julia;
 Pepi, Luci, Bom i inne dziewczyny z dzielnicy lub Pepi, Luci, Bom i inne laski z naszej paki (Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón) (1980), kobieta ubrana jak Scarlett O'Hara

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Before stepping on the court at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Marvin Bagley III had already left an impression on Chris Paul and James Harden. The NBA superstars actually competed with Bagley in the Drew League, an elite summer circuit in Los Angeles. The 6-foot-11 power forward then joined an already talented roster at Duke, and finished the regular season leading his team in both points (21.1) and rebounds (11.5).
The versatile big man has a quick first step to get past defenders and has the elite leaping ability to grab rebounds or contest shots at the rim on the defensive end. Not confined to playing in the paint, Bagley handles the ball well and has the range to step out and knock down mid-range shots or an occasional 3-pointer.
These talents were put on full display in an early-season matchup against the Texas Longhorns. Trailing by 16 in the second half, Duke followed Bagley's lead as he scored 24 points after the intermission en route to an 85-78 win in overtime. Bagley's 34-point, 15-rebound effort tied the Blue Devils' freshman scoring record and was the first time any Duke player had a game with at least 30 points and 15 rebounds since Christian Laettner in 1992 (Bagley went on to post three more 30/15 games).
Beyond the court, Bagley spends time pouring back into the lives of others. While living in the L.A. area as a teenager, he volunteered for Hoops with a Heart. This is a non-profit organization that donates sports equipment to Los Angeles after-school programs and assigns children to be mentored by high school athletes.
Furthermore, Bagley realizes that without his faith in Jesus, the chance to play college basketball at the highest level wouldn't be possible.


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Q: Fundamental theorem of calculus and pullback bundles Let $X$ be a manifold and $\pi:E\rightarrow X$ a vector bundle
over $X$ equipped with a metric $\left\langle \cdot,\cdot\right\rangle $.
Let $f:[0,1]\rightarrow M$ be a smooth map, and consider the pullback
bundle $f^{*}E\rightarrow[0,1]$. This is the vector bundle whose
fiber over $t\in[0,1]$ is
$$
(f^{*}E)_{t}=\left\{ (t,v)\,:\, v\in E_{f(t)}\right\} .
$$
Let $\phi:f^{*}E\rightarrow E$ denote the map $\phi(t,v)=v$.
Let $\nabla$ denote a connection on $E$, and let $D:=f^{*}\nabla$
denote the induced connection on $f^{*}E$.
$D$ is defined as follows:
suppose $F\in\Gamma(f^{*}E)$ is a section of $f^{*}E$, so that $\phi(F(t))\in E_{f(t)}$
for all $t\in[0,1]$. Fix $s\in[0,1]$, and let $v$ denote any vector
field on $X$ with $v(f(s))=\phi(F(s))$.
Then by definition
$$
(D_{\partial_{t}}F)(s)=\left(s,(\nabla_{\dot{f}(s)}v)(f(s))\right)\mbox{ as elements of }(f^{*}E)_{s},
$$
the points being that the right-hand side of the above expression is independent of the choice of $v$.
Assume now that $f(0)=f(1)$. Then if $F\in\Gamma(f^{*}E)$ then $\phi(F(1))$
and $\phi(F(0))$ both lie in the same vector space $E_{f(0)}$. My question
is: does the following generalization of the fundamental theorem of
calculus always hold?
$$
|\phi(F(1))-\phi(F(0))| \le \int_{0}^{1}|\phi(D_{\partial_{t}}F)(t)|dt.
$$

A: No. A simple counter example comes when $E$ is not orientable: consider the Möbius strip as a one dimensional bundle over $S^1$. We can give a metric on it and consider the induced Levi-Civita connection.
If you start with the vector $v$ over $0$, when you parallel transport $v$ around the circle you get $-v$. The norm of the derivative is 0, but the total difference is $2|v|$.

In the orientable case it is not better. Just take $E$ to be the tangent bundle $TX$ and treat it as a Riemannian manifold. Then parallel transport around a closed loop (for which by definition your RHS expression vanishes) does not necessarily bring a vector back to itself: you will in general pick up a defect related to the area of the loop and the enclosed curvature.

A: As Willie says, it's not true. It is true if $E$ is a flat trivial vector bundle over $X$. In general however $f$ and $D$ determine a map $\mathrm{Hol}(f,D): E_{f(0)} \rightarrow E_{f(0)}$ called the holonomy map, and if $F$ is parallel then the RHS vanishes but the LHS is $|\mathrm{Hol}(f,D)(F(0))-F(0)|$ which is not necessarily zero.